Physiological responses to racism and discrimination: An assessment of the evidence

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-248

  Harrell, Jules P ^a   Hall, Sadiki ^a   Taliaferro, James ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPIRICISM; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTATION; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0037311308     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.2.243     Document Type: Review

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